Improved washing-machine



p a plan or top view of the same.

site *rares 'Assir- EDGAR-'CHIPMAN, OF NEWsYORK. N. Y.

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Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 40,?46, dated October 13. 1863.

the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a nerir and Improved Clothes-Washing Machine; and I do lereb'ydecla-re that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descripi' tionof the'same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part oithisI specification, in which- 'Figurel is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in .theliue a: x, Fig. 2; Fig.I 2,

.Similar letters-of reference indicate correspending parts-iu the two figures.

This'lnvention consists in constructing the ends-box of semi-cylindrical form, withr` rock- -ers attached to it, and also provided with arms on `which adjustable weights or counter .poises are placed, the above parts being also used in connection with a lluted roller placed within the snds box, and all arranged in such a manner that the machine may be operated with the greatest facility, but little manual labor beingr required, andthe clothes operated upon in the most ex'iicient manner.

.To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, l will proceed to describe it.

A represents a ends-box, which'is of senn-r 'cylindricai form/its sides a being of wood, .and its bett'omJJ et' .sheet metal, zinc being a Good materialLf The top of the suds box may also be of zinc, and one halt', c, ot' the top may' bebonnected to the vother hall', d, by, a joint to form a lid, the half d being permanently attached to the ends-box.

To the bottom of the. ends-box A there are attached two rockersf B, oney at each side.

These rockers are connected by cross-bars ee, and at each end' of each l rocker there is attached a strip, j', of indiarubb'er or othersuitable elastic inaterial.V These strips f `serve as stop's and limit the distance or extent of .the vrocking motionvot' the box A, and at the same time prevent jars or concussione, which would otherwise occur `atithe terminatiqn of each movement ofK the suds-box. Each side-a of thesuds-boxs provided with an arm, g, which extendsupward from the center of its upper part.VA These arms g have each a sliding or adjustable` weight or counterpoise, C, 'fitted' lthe clothes tobe on them.= These weights orwcounterpoises may be so arranged as to be retained by fric-l tion only on the arrn g, or anysuitable catches' or fastenings may. be employed. y

-Within theV sudsbo'x A there is placeda iiuted roller, D, the journals of theshaft h of which are fitted in' bearings at the inner surfaces of the sides a a of thesuds-box. This roller is allowed to turn freely, and its lower partis within a short distance ,of the center` of the bottom' b of the suds-boz'c. The journals of the roller-shaft h are allowed to rise tlc; a certain extentin their bearings in order to `adinit of a vertical play or movement of the roller D, and, it' necessary, springs may vrestv upon the journals o f said shaft in order to prevent the roller. from rising too readily.

The o isprovi Weights or counterpoises G are then placed on the arms g' and adjusted or raised or owered on sad arms so as'tc coun terpoisethefpox A and its contents. The box is thenrockied, an operation which may be performed bya very tritling expenditure of power, on account' of being counterpoised, and the clothesyby their own gravity', are moved back and forth in the box A and underneath the roller D, and are subjected to the' necessary pressure, rublningi and friction to cleanse them perfectly, an

without injuring them. y

I do not claim, separately, a rocking sudebox for clothes-'washing machines, for that has been previously used; but l I do'claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent.- 4

1. The semi-cylindrical rocking suds-box A, in combination/with the arms g g and adjustable weights er counterpoises U C, arranged toy operate fin 'thema-nner substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. y

2. Theuted roller D,h;ung or placed within the suds-box A, so as to rotate freely therein, when said roller is used in connection with the counterpoised sudsjuox A, asset forth.'

n EDGAR GHPMAN,

rationpis as follows .The suds-box A ed @ith arequisite quantity ofsuds and Washed placed into iti The 

